Birthdays
William Henry Boyd
Turns 36 on this date
Albert Brown Clarke
Turns 44 on this date
William Dwight
Turns 20 on this date
Nathaniel Lyon
Turns 43 on this date
Enoch Joyce Smithers
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
| Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Lovejoy Rebuked,” July 14, 1861 | 07/14/1861 |